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discipleguideservice - 2013-03-01 3:39 AM Did anyone watch the video? I try to show you all a little of my sense of humor and you guys all just leave me hanging? What the heck

quality - reminds me of my last olympic!!

I saw that one before, but laughed again this time.

People paddle your through the races!?! Ironmans must be brutal then. I bet it's really hard to get paddled on the bike. At least while running I can duck and weave.

That led me to look at tri bloopers on youtube and it reminded me of all the potential hazards I can perform for everyone. Tripping on nothing, swimming the wrong way, falling at the finish line, taking off too much clothing at transition etc... my fear level has sky rocketed. All this potential to hurt myself has been realized.

But you only live once right?

As a PT (Physical Therapist not a personal trainer just to clarify), she speaks the truth. Take a break, give them some rest and wean yourself back into running after the race. If your shin splints flare up, lower the intensity until they recover. Otherwise RICE. Helps most things.

If you use clips or a cage it might. Do a medium ride and find out. Swimming shouldn't. What generally flares up shin splints is when you have to do a controlled lower of your ankle against significant weight. When you run and your heel hits the ground, the front of your foot is lowered and that is where the problem starts. When your return from running it might be worth trying to change your running style to a trying to land with your foot flat instead of on your heel to prevent some of it returning.

How's your shoes? Have you gotten new ones recently?

Josh, I don't believe you are correct.  They are illegal during Non-Wetsuit swims, but are allow if Wetsuits are allowed.   This is from Ironman's website, which is USAT compliant. 

Sal, if you look at the training plans here on BT, you can chose to view the plans and will be able to see the last week schedule for every plan on BT and can go from there.

Also Sal, I'm by no means implying that your not having shin splints, but just wanted to let you know that some people (like me) become acutely aware of everything a week or so out from a race.  Hell, I had 1 time that my ankle started hurting really bad 2 days out and almost backed out of a race the day before.  My wife told me not to and said that I would be fine, and was just thinking about it to much, which was likely making it worse.  I showed up and never felt anything in my ankle the day of the race, during the race, or after the race (marathon).  Like I said earlier, I'm sure you have shin splits just pointing out that some times the situation and our body condition seems worse than it really is due to the pending race.   

Forgot to mention that I had a first last month that I'm proud of.  I had a Peachy Month to take Abbie's phrase.  I completed a workout every day in February.  I have never done this before and have made an effort in past challenges to do so, but failed. 

Great achievement - well done!!

Nice Dude!

Josh, here's another bike question.  I am extremely happy with my new bike but have noticed a pattern.  My cadence on this bike is 75 - 80, while my last bike was 60-65.  I say that to say that my average speed is basically the same between my road bike and this bike. The question, I have a compact crank on my road bike and need to know if that's the problem with my tri bike (2 ring not compact - can not give more info at this time), should I switch cranks or why is this happening.  I do feel fresher off this bike, but think that I'm loosing speed somewhere in this equation.  Thanks as always 

Edit:  Josh after posting this I thought about it and maybe I just need to go a gear up, which would put me around 63 and likely a better workout to build up muscles.